43. Clinton, Hard Choices, 126.
44. Ibid., 266–67.
45. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “Honduran Coup: Sitrep #11,” July 6, 2009.
46. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “Honduran Coup Sitrep #12,” July 7, 2009.
47. Clinton, Hard Choices, 266–68. Clinton gives a firsthand account of seeking out President Arias as the ideal older statesman for this crisis and reports his statement to her that he agreed to take on the task because of his belief in democratic principles, “not because I like these people. . . . If we allow the de facto government to stay, the domino effect goes all around Latin America.”
48. Ibid., 257.
49. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “Worst Case Scenario for Weekend Violence,” July 17, 2009.
50. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “Honduras Coup: Sitrep #11,” July 6, 2009.
51. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “Honduran Coup: Sitrep #4,” June 29, 2009.
52. “The Wages of Chavismo,” Review and Outlook, Wall Street Journal, July 2, 2009.
53. Mary Beth Sheridan, “U.S. Condemns Honduran Coup but Makes No Firm Demands,” Washington Post, June 30, 2009.
54. Mary Anastasia O’Grady, “Honduras Defends Its Democracy; Fidel Castro and Hillary Clinton Object,” Wall Street Journal, June 29, 2009.
55. James Kirchick, “Ousting Zelaya,” New Republic, October 3, 2009.
56. Mark Weisbrot, “More of the Same in Latin America,” New York Times, August 11, 2009.
57. Arshad Mohammed and Anthony Boadle, “U.S. Limits Visas in Honduras, Stepping Up Pressure,” Reuters, August 25, 2009.
58. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “Honduran Coup: Sitrep #4,” June 29, 2009.
59. “Coup, Uninterrupted,” New York Times, editorial, November 6, 2009.
60. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “President Arias Discusses His Mediation Efforts,” July 28, 2009.
61. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “Honduras Coup: Sitrep #1,” June 28, 2009.
62. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “Honduras Coup: Sitrep #4,” June 29, 2009.
63. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “Honduras Coup Sitrep #15,” July 9, 2009.
64. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “Ambassador and President Arias Discuss Honduran Crisis,” October 22, 2009.
65. Jim DeMint, “What I Heard in Honduras,” Wall Street Journal, October 10, 2009.
66. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “Honduran Coup: Sitrep #7,” July 2, 2009.
67. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “Honduran Coup Timeline,” July 2, 2009.
68. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “Open and Shut: The Case of the Honduran Coup,” July 24, 2009.
69. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “President Arias on Mediation,” July 13, 2009.
70. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “Full Court Press to Bring Micheletti Around,” July 18, 2009.
71. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “Ambassador’s July 30 Conversation with President Arias,” July 31, 2009.
72. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “President Arias’ Call to Ambassador Llorens,” August 17, 2009.
73. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “Zelaya’s New Control Center; The Situation at the Brazilian Embassy,” September 24, 2009.
74. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “TFH01: Tegucigalpa/San Jose Agreement Signed,” November 2, 2009.
75. U.S.Embassy Tegucigalpa, “TFH01: WHA PDAS Kelly’s Meeting with President Zelaya,” November 13, 2009.
76. U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, “TF101: Elections Sitrep—Final,” November 30, 2009.
77. Ibid.
78. Timothy F. Geithner, Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises (New York: Crown Publishers, 2014), 222.
79. Ibid., 394–95.
80. U.S. Embassy Reykjavik, “Reykjavik CIWG Annual Meeting,” December 24, 2009.
81. Ian Parker, “Lost: Letter from Reykjavik, New Yorker, March 9, 2009.
82. U.S. Embassy Reykjavik, “International Media Continues to Dissect Icelandic Economy, Though Analysts Not Agreed on Whether Imbalances Represent Serious Threat to Economic Stability,” April 12, 2006.
83. U.S. Embassy Reykjavik, “Iceland Scenesetter for Under Secretary Nicholas Burns,” June 13, 2007.
84. Parker, “Lost: Letter from Reykjavik.”
85. “Address by Prime Minister Mr Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, at Austurvöllur, 17 June 2013,” Prime Minister’s Office, Iceland, http://eng.forsaetisraduneyti.is/minister/sdg-speeches/nr/7626.
86. U.S. Embassy Reykjavik, “Is Icelandic Government Doing Enough to Halt Economy’s Sudden Downfall?,” April 7, 2008.
87. U.S. Embassy Reykjavik, “Iceland: Govt Buys 75 Percent Share in Third-Largest Bank,” September 30, 2008.
88. U.S. Embassy Reykjavik, “Icelandic Government Takes Control of Banking Sector Amid Crisis,” October 7, 2008.
89. U.S. Embassy Reykjavik, “Icelandic Financial Crisis: As Emergency Powers Go into Effect, Russians Offer Loan,” October 7, 2008.
90. U.S. Embassy Reykjavik, “Icelandic Economic Crisis: Time for the USG to Get Involved?,” October 8, 2008.
91. U.S. Embassy Reykjavik, “Icelandic Central Bank Asserts Russian Loan is 95 Percent Sure,” October 8, 2008.
92. U.S. Embassy Reykjavik, “Icelandic Economic Crisis: Third Bank Goes Down as Mass Firings Start,” October 9, 2008.
93. U.S. Embassy Reykjavik, “Icelandic Economic Crisis: Time for the USG to Get Involved?,” October 8, 2008.
94. U.S. Embassy Reykjavik, “Icelandic Economic Crisis: GOI-UK Negotiations on IceSave Accounts Go Badly,” October 23, 2008.
95. U.S. Embassy Reykjavik, “Icelandic Economic Crisis: GOI Officials Cautiously Optimistic in Meetings with USG,” October 28, 2008.
96. U.S. Embassy Reykjavik, “Icelandic Central Bank Asked NY Fed for One Billion USD Loan or Currency Swap,” October 29, 2008.
97. U.S. Embassy Reykjavik, “Iceland’s Financial Crisis: The Russia Angle,” November 3, 2008.
98. U.S. Embassy Reykjavik, “Iceland’s Request for a Loan: What’s in It for Us,” October 31, 2008.
Chapter 4. TRAVEL
1. U.S. Consulate Lagos, “Tourism in Nigeria: For the Birds,” November 5, 2003.
2. U.S. Consulate Guangzhou, “Where Lonely Planet Does Not Go: A Visit to Xilin,” June 23, 2006.
3. U.S. Embassy Paramaribo, “Informal Gold Rush in Southeastern Suriname,” January 11, 2010.
4. U.S. Embassy La Paz, “Get This Monkey Off My Back: Bolivian Ecotourism,” December 30, 2008.
5. Ibid.
6. U.S. Embassy Bogotá, “Into the Jungle: Ambassador Visits Amazonas,” December 22, 2009.
7. U.S. Embassy Tbilisi, “Georgia: Life on the Brink in Gali,” September 21, 2009.
8. Ibid.
9. U.S. Embassy Dushanbe, “Beware of Garm! Winter in Central Tajikistan,” January 31, 2007.
10. U.S. Embassy Dushanbe, “The Road to Khorog: The Tajik/Afghan Border,” November 7, 2007.
11. U.S. Consulate Calcutta, “Arunachal Pradesh: Isolated Tribal State,” January 18, 2005.
12. Ibid.
13. U.S. Consulate Chiang Mai, “Long Neck Minority Group Caught in Refugee and Citizenship Limbo,” April 24, 2007.
14. U.S. Embassy Baku, “Lords of the Mountains Will Fight No More Forever,” September 18, 2009.
15. U.S. Embassy Ashgabat, “Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan Border: On the Road with Iranian Truckers,” April 2, 2009.
16. U.S. Embassy Ashgabat, “Iran/Turkmenistan: President’s Cairo Speech Sparks Brawl,” December 4, 2009.
17. U.S. Embassy Jakarta, “Papua—Continued Problems, and Possible New Hope, for Indonesia’s Troubled East,” September 30, 2009.
18. Simon Montlake, “Cave In: Freeport-McMoRan Digs a Heap of Trouble in Indonesia,” Forbes, January 26, 2012.
19. U.S. Embassy Jakarta, “Papuan Separatist Leader Kelly Kwalik Reported Killed in Shootout with Police,” December 17, 2009.
20. U.S. Embassy Jakarta, “Papua—Shootings Continue Near U.S. Mining Operation,” August 24, 2009.
21. Montlake, “Cav
e In.”
22. U.S. Consulate Jeddah, “I Left My Heart in Freedom and Came Home,” November 24, 2007.
23. U.S. Consulate Istanbul, “Iran/Culture: So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star,” December 16, 2009.
24. David Browne, “The Yellow Dogs Open Up About Their Nightmare in Brooklyn,” Rolling Stone, November 15, 2013.
25. U.S. Embassy Vatican, “New Media, Eternal Message: The Holy See and the Web,” January 26, 2009; and “Pope Issues Forceful Environmental Message for World Peace Day,” December 16, 2009.
26. U.S. Embassy Vatican, “Sex Abuse Scandal Strains Irish-Vatican Relations, Shakes Up Irish Church, and Poses Challenges for the Holy See,” February 26, 2010.
27. U.S. Embassy Berlin, “Berlin Senate Administration Defends Decision to Deny Residence Permits to Amcit Scientologists,” January 12, 2010.
28. U.S. Consulate Yekaterinburg, “Minority Religions in the Urals—Walk Softly and You Will Not Be Harassed,” August 10, 2009.
29. U.S. Consulate Shanghai, “Shanghai Authorizes Expat Mormons to Hold Weekly Religious Services,” January 20, 2010.
30. U.S. Embassy Dakar, “Animism in Senegal,” July 14, 2009.
31. U.S. Embassy Vientiane, “IRF Visits Provincial Laos to Gauge Religious Freedom,” June 17, 2009.
32. U.S. Consulate Chiang Mai, “CNS Leaders Look to the Stars for Hope and Good Luck,” April 10, 2007.
33. U.S. Embassy Rangoon, “Burma’s Generals; Starting the Conversation,” April 2, 2009.
34. U.S. Consulate Jeddah, “Hajj 2009/1430—An American’s Inside View of the Pilgrimage,” December 8, 2009.
Chapter 5. FRENEMIES
1. U.S. Embassy Brussels, “EU President Van Rompuy’s Plans Following Copenhagen and for Afghanistan,” January 4, 2010.
2. U.S. Mission to the EU Brussels, “New EU Leadership: Van Rompuy and Ashton Emerge to Join Barroso,” November 20, 2009.
3. U.S. Embassy Berlin, “Media Reaction: U.S., India-Pakistan, Syria-Iran, Cuba, EU, Falklands, Turkey, EU-Greece,” February 26, 2010.
4. “Ukip’s Nigel Farage tells Van Rompuy: You Have the Charisma of a Damp Rag,” Guardian, February 25, 2010.
5. Sois Belge et Tais-Toi—Bruxelles-Strasbourg, édition 2011 [television broadcast], n.d., seen on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LteanfFylxE.
6. U.S. Embassy Pretoria, “Calls for Health Minister’s Dismissal Intensify,” August 23, 2007.
7. U.S. Embassy Pretoria, “Death of Former Health Minister Shows How Far South Africa Has Moved from Former AIDS Denialist Policies,” December 21, 2009.
8. U.S. Embassy Banjul, “The Gambia: President Jammeh as Traditional Healer,” January 19, 2007.
9. U.S. Embassy Banjul, “Ambassador Meets with President Jammeh,” February 26, 2010.
10. Ibid.
11. Michelle Nichols, “Gambian President Says Gays a Threat to Human Existence,” Reuters, September 27, 2013.
12. U.S. Embassy Riga, “Peoples Party’s Junkyard Dog: Gundars Berzins,” June 16, 2008.
13. U.S. Embassy New Dehli, “Mayawati: Portrait of a Lady,” October 23, 2008.
14. U.S. Embassy New Dehli, “Mayawati Cancels Birthday Party, Cash Gifts Still Welcome,” January 16, 2009.
15. U.S. Embassy Dushanbe, “President Rahmonov Celebrates Third Term with Precious Jewels and a New Bentley,” November 22, 2006.
16. U.S. Embassy Oslo, “Jagland’s Candidacy for Next COE Secretary General,” March 26, 2009.
17. U.S. Embassy Berlin, “SPD Chancellor-Candidate Steinmeier Expresses Confidence Germans Will Reject CDU/CSU-FDP Coalition,” September 11, 2009.
18. U.S. Embassy Managua, “Sandinistas Attack U.S. Embassy,” October 30, 2009.
19. U.S. Embassy Managua, “Death to the Yanqui—Ortega Lambastes U.S. at Nicaraguan Army’s 30th Anniversary Celebrations,” September 17, 2009.
20. U.S. Embassy Managua, “Ortega Calls U.S. Relief Effort in Haiti a Military Invasion,” January 20, 2010.
21. U.S. Embassy Managua, “Ortega and the U.S.: New-found True Love or Another Still-Born Charm Offensive?” February 25, 2010.
22. U.S.Embassy Managua, “Atmospherics of Ortega Inauguration: Chaos and Populism Trumps Security and Protocol,” January 25, 2007.
23. U.S. Department of State, International Women of Courage Award, posted at http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/.
24. U.S. Embassy Kabul, “2010 Afghan International Women of Courage Nominees,” December 1, 2009.
25. U.S. Embassy Kabul, “Nominations for Women of Courage,” February 8, 2007.
26. U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires, “Argentina: Nomination for International Women of Courage,” February 15, 2007.
27. U.S. Embassy Baghdad, “Nominations for 2009 Secretary’s Women of Courage Award,” October 28, 2008.
28. U.S. Embassy Harare, “Nomination for the Secretary of State’s Award for International Women of Courage,” November 27, 2009.
29. Dan Moshenberg, “Zimbabwean Activist ‘Released,’” Guardian, March 12, 2013.
30. U.S. Embassy Colombo, “IWOC: Proposed Revisions to Announcement of 2010 Sri Lankan Recipient,” February 3, 2010.
31. U.S. Embassy Tashkent, “MFA Drubbing over Tadjibayeva Award,” March 13, 2009.
32. U.S. Embassy Tashkent, “Uzbekistan: Nomination for International Women of Courage Award,” October 27, 2008.
33. “Kyrgyzstan President Roza Otunbayeva Given U.S. Honour,” BBC News, March 8, 2011.
34. U.S. Embassy Bishkek, “Opposition Believes Government Reforms Will Lead to Maksim Bakiyev as President,” December 18, 2009.
35. U.S. Embassy Seoul, “Seoul: Press Bulletin,” February 5, 2010.
36. U.S. Embassy Damascus, “Syria Nominates Sister Clauda Isaiah Naddaf for the Secretary’s International Women of Courage Award,” December 3, 2009.
37. U.S. Embassy Niamey, “Niger: Woman of Courage Nominee Hadizatou Mani,” October 30, 2008.
38. U.S. Embassy Berlin, “Merkel vs. Steinmeier? What Do the German Elections Really Mean for U.S. Interests?” September 22, 2009.
39. U.S. Embassy Berlin, “Germany’s Next Foreign Minister?: The World According to FDP Chairman Guido Westerwelle,” September 18, 2009.
40. U.S. Embassy Berlin, “FDP Dizzy from Identity Crisis and Coalition Animosity,” February 16, 2010.
41. “Norm Naimark, Orhan Pamuk on Armenian Genocide,” The Book Haven: Cynthia Haven’s Blog for the Written Word, March 11, 2011, bookhaven.stanford.edu.
42. U.S. Embassy Ankara, “Dink Assassination Leads to National Soul-Searching,” January 24, 2007.
43. U.S. Embassy Ankara, “Nationalism Turning Nasty in Turkey,” February 9, 2007.
44. U.S. Embassy Ankara, “Media Reaction,” August 27, 2009.
45. U.S. Embassy Ankara, “Turkish Parliament (Finally) Amends Article 301,” April 30, 2008.
46. U.S. Embassy Ankara, “Turkey’s Plans to Amend Controversial ‘Article 301’ Hung Up for Now,” January 11, 2008.
47. U.S. Embassy The Hague, “Tension and Debate in Holland,” November 12, 2004.
48. U.S. Embassy The Hague, “Netherlands: Overview for the President’s July 14 Meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende,” July 6, 2009.
49. Ibid.
50. Rachel Donadio, “Provocateur’s Death Haunts the Dutch,” New York Times, October 30, 2014.
51. U.S. Embassy Singapore, “Singapore Allows First Political Film Since 1998,” September 24, 2009.
52. U.S. Embassy Abuja, “Nigeria: Scenesetter for USCIRF Visit,” March 19, 2009.
53. U.S. Embassy Baku, “President Ilham Aliyev—Michael (Corleone) on the Outside, Sonny on the Inside,” September 18, 2009.
54. U.S. Consulate Jeddah, “Saudi Actress Stirs Mixed Gender Audience in Jeddah,” March 5, 2009.
55. Neil Slaven, Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story of Frank Zappa (London: Omnibus Press, 2009 Edition).
Chapter 6. WILD ANIMALS
1. U.S. Consu
late Guangzhou, “Devouring Dragon, Disappearing Tigers: A Look at South China’s Tiger Farms and Reserves,” July 12, 2007.
2. See U.S. Department of State, OES Overseas, Regional Environmental Hubs at http://www.state.gov/e/oes/hub/. Robert Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, was a trendsetter in this new field of diplomacy. Having spent his graduate school days in East Africa, he developed a passion for wildlife and occasionally served as a game guide for photo safaris. During his tenure from 2009 to 2013, he took numerous opportunities to speak out on wildlife issues and wrote extensively on the topic, all the while serving in a key leadership position during the global economic crisis. See, for example, “Wildlife and Foreign Policy: What’s the Connection?,” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-hormats/wildlife-and-foreign-poli_b_2093161.html; or “The Illegal Wildlife Trade: A Survey of Greed, Tragedy, and Ignorance,” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-hormats/elephants-africa_b_1514758.html.
3. U.S. Embassy Brasilia, “The Atlantic Rainforest Wildlife Trafficking Assessment,” May 7, 2007.
4. See the CITES website: What is CITES? https://cites.org/eng/disc/what.php.
5. U.S. Embassy Lusaka, “Zambia Sets its ‘CITES’ on Exporting Ivory,” February 16, 2010.
6. U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam, “CITES: Tanzania Pushes for Ivory Sales,” February 2, 2010.
7. U.S. Department of State, “Wildlife Under Siege: A U.S. Government Perspective,” speech by Robert D. Hormats, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, Central Park Zoo, New York City, July 15, 2013.
8. U.S. Embassy Harare, “Ambassador Hall Surveys Empty Breadbasket,” August 19, 2005.
9. U.S. Embassy Harare, “Poaching of Wildlife Is Rampant in Zimbabwe,” May 21, 2002.
10. U.S. Embassy Harare, “Environment Suffering as Poaching Increases,” September 22, 2008.
11. U.S. Embassy Harare, “Resettlement in the Farms: The Reality on the Ground,” May 31, 2002.
12. U.S. Embassy Windhoek, “Ambassador Delivers Démarche: Export Permit for Cheetahs,” February 9, 2009.
13. Brendan Borrell, “Saving the Rhino Through Sacrifice,” Bloomberg Businessweek, December 6, 2010.
14. John R. Platt, “Hunter Allowed to Import Rhino Trophy in U.S. for First Time in 33 Years,” Scientific American, April 25, 2013.
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